摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a therapeutic agent exhibiting excellent curative effects on various kinds of hepatic failure, and hardly causing side effects even after administration over a long period; and to provide a method for producing the therapeutic agent. <P>SOLUTION: A saponin of Kan'oso is obtained in high yield by inserting a powder of a root vegetable of the Kan'oso (dried Dendrobium officinale K. Kimura et Makino) wrapped with filter paper in a solvent flask of a Soxhlet extractor with an alcohol, refluxing the alcohol until the solution becomes colorless, recovering the alcohol, adding another kind of alcohol to the solution after recovering the alcohol, refluxing the resultant mixture, removing the alcohol under a reduced pressure therefrom, and drying the residue by using anhydrous sodium sulfate. The high curative effects are recognized by administering the obtained saponin of the Kan'oso to a patient suffering from the hepatic failure. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |